Mary Evans Picture Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

#OTD in 1957, American toy company Wham-O launch an aerodynamic plastic disc destined to give millions of dogs hours of endless fun - the frisbee

Born #otd 1788 George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron FRS, known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. Flamboyant and notorious, Byron was both celebrated and castigated during his life for his excesses

Born #OTD in Aix-en-Provence, French Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cezanne, often referred to as the father of modern art #art #arthistory

#OTD in 1915, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, presents his plan for an assault on the Dardanelles. The failure of the campaign would result in his resignation from office as caricatured in this cartoon by Olaf Gulbransson in Simplicissimus

#OTD in 49 B.C. Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, triggering the start of civil war #romans #History

One of the finest bird artists in the UK, Norfolk-based Robert Gillmor, is represented by Mary Evans Picture Library. Here's a selection of his glorious linocuts for #NationalBirdDay

On #NationalRobinDay here's the lovely cover of Stephen Moss's 'The Robin: A Biography' from @vintagebooks using our robin illustration.

Born #OTD in 1778, Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian & performer, who made the role of Clown in Harlequinade his own. #pantomime #clowns #hereweareagain

Published #OTD in The Illustrated London News, 1929, this illustration by G.H. Davis of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII) in his Gipsy Moth flying over Windsor Castle #flyingroyals

#OTD in 1809, Napoleon and Josephine divorce. Satirical cartoon in 'Hibernia' magazine.